Security is an integral part of most software systems but it is not considered as an explicit part in the development process yet. Input validation is the most critical part of so...
Pedram Hayati, Nastaran Jafari, S. Mohammad Rezaei...
Studying how a software system has evolved over time is difficult, time consuming, and costly; existing techniques are often limited in their applicability, are hard to extend, a...
—Current research on code clones tries to address the question whether or not code clones are harmful for the quality of software. As most of these studies are based on the fine...
Nicolas Bettenburg, Weiyi Shang, Walid Ibrahim, Br...
It is often claimed that inaccurate modularisation of crosscutting concerns hinders program comprehension and, as a consequence, leads to harmful software instabilities. However, ...
Eduardo Figueiredo, Bruno Carreiro da Silva, Cl&aa...
In this paper we address the problem of combining software components with different and possibly incompatible legal licenses to create a software application that does not viola...